Toilet-cover.



E. GODDARD.

TOILET COVER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1901.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent Patented-Jan. 19, loos.

Application fi le d January 23, 1907. Serial No. 33,72. I

' i To all whom it mayconcm:

- Y Be it known that I, ERNEST Goooano, a citizen ofthe United States, residingat Boise, in the county of Ada and State of Idaho, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toilet-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to protecting coverings or shields designed for use in connection with latrine bowl seats, and has forits objects to provide a simple, inexpensive device of this nature which may be conveniently transported and readily applied for use, one whereby the desired sanitation and protection against'uncleanly conditions will be effectually attained, and one which in fully hereinafter described and particularly,

pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing; The figure of the'drawing is a top plan view of my improved shield. g

Applicable to a seat of a latrine bowl is a protecting covering or shield 5, composed of j paper, sheet rubber or other desired appropriate material, and having an opening 6 designed to register with the opening of the seat, the covering being made of elliptical form, as shown, or of other suitable shape to accord with that of the seat, while formed on the covering at the forward end ofthe opening 6 and to project into the latter is a guard eatension or tab 7, the function ,of which will presently appear.

The covering 5 which may be stamped or otherwise formed from a sheet orblank of material is of greater dimensions than those of the seat of the latrine bowl, while the opening 6, which is of smaller dimensions than those of the opening of the seat, is

. formed eccentrically inthe covering, whereby edge of the covering turned downward around the outer edge of the seat and the inner marginal edge of the covering similarly turned around the marginal edge of the seat opening, the portion of the covering lying'in a'dat the, front of the seat in the form of an vance of the line 8 being turned downward apron 9 while the guard piece 7 is arranged to project downward into the bowl at the forward end of the seat opening'3. It is apparent that when the covering shield is applied as explained, the seat Wlll be completely covered for protecting the occupant against uncleanly and-unsanitary conditions,

while the apron 9 and ard 7 will obviate contact of any part of t e occupants personwith the seat or bowl, thus amply insuring against disease contagion. By employing sheet rubber,water proof paper or analogous pliable material in the production of the covering, the latter may be rolled or folded for convenient transportation and may be readily cleaned from time to time as desired, or'disever, that the shield may be formed from carded after use, it being understood, howcelluloid or other desired appropriate material.

The marginal edge of the covering surrounding the opening 6 is notched or gored at suitably spaced intervals, as at 10, to insure convenient folding of the covering around the edge of the seat opening, the gores 10 being closed by webs 11 of a thinner, more pliable material than that of which the covering is composed, while formed in the guard extension 7 is a gore l2, closed by a web 13,

it being understood, however, thatin this instance the shield may be stamped or otherwise formed with the marginal edge intact or merely slit at two or more points to facilitate folding.

I wish it to be understood that the V-shaped notched portions with the webbed reinforcements attached to the marginal cuts of the opening and the cut of the apron prevent tearing or puckeringwhen pressure is brought to bear on the same when in use, and further said web reinforces serve to keep the device in proper shape.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: i i

A covering for latrine bowl seats comprising a sheet of'suitable material having an aperture therein provided with a series of V-shaped gores cut from its marginal edge and ing webbed reinforcements secured thereto, to prevent puckering or tearing of the same, an enlarged guard also cut from the front of substantially as specified. 10 the. sheet and extending inwardly towards In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature the opening, and provided with a V-shaped in presence of two witnesses.

gore having a webbed reinforcement secured ERNEST GODDARD.

thereto, said sheet also having an apron on Witnesses:

its front portion, and said reinforcements of E. D. NICHOLS said marginal gores and said gua dserving E. J. THORP. 

